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The Power of Gratitude: A New Habit for the New Year
Like many people, I think of the new year as a time to reset, recharge, and recreate my life. This year I’m thinking beyond my usual resolutions to exercise more, go to bed earlier, and
The Spiritual Quest of Esther Fontaine, Over-the-Road Truck Driver
On a sunny day in October, Esther Fontaine, age 54, is talking to me while parked inside her 1999 Ford Expedition, her smiling face framed by short, efficient hair. She is in Illinois and I
Preventing and Correcting Misbehavior and Incarceration in Young Women
There’s been a lot of talk in recent years about the high rate of incarceration in the United States. Often enough young women, including many imprisoned for minor offences, are getting stuck in a system
Stressed About the Holidays? Cardiologists Discuss Stress, Heart Disease, and TM
There are undoubtedly times when life seems stressful—and for many women, holidays with all they entail can be some of those times. On top of an already busy schedule, juggling the parties, buying gifts, shopping
Tired and Burned Out? Transcendental Meditation Can Help: An Interview with Dr. Nancy Lonsdorf, MD
Nancy Lonsdorf, MD, is a popular speaker, author, and teacher specializing in women’s health. Dr. Lonsdorf currently has a private practice in integrative and holistic medicine in Fairfield, IA, and teaches medical doctors and health
Is Being Anxious the New You?
What peace can we hope to find elsewhere…if we have none within us? – Saint Teresa of Avila If you find that your anxiety is easily triggered and being anxious is beginning to seem like
A Retreat with Like-Minded Women in a Unique Setting
Last month I travelled all the way from New York City to take a women’s retreat in—of all places imaginable, Iowa!—in what has to be the one of the most interesting communities in North America.
Are You Depressed and Anxious? Or Just Blocking Your Emotions?
Full disclosure. I’m not a person who likes to suppress my emotions, nor did I come from a family who did that. If we were mad about something, we got it all out on the
Lonely? How to Create Happiness and Diminish Loneliness
In a cover story for the Harvard Business Review last year, former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared that “the world is suffering from an epidemic of loneliness.” In America, though Generation Z (born between 1995
Why Transcendental Meditation is Better than a Power Nap
What do you do to re-charge during the day? Many women have asked us if the TM technique is any different than taking time out for a nap. In a recently published article on Quartz,